2020 is a special year, and this year in US, policeman shot African American for almost no reason triggered people’s anger again and again. This always reminds us that racial justice is a very common and serious topic in the US. In this report, we will understand racial justice more comprehensively. We will not only just have a basic concept about racial justice, but also we will know how racial justice expresses in different fields. We will achieve this by doing analysis on data sets about COMPAS Recidivism Racial Bias, Unemployment Rate by Race and Ethnicity, Juvenile Arrests and US Police Shootings.
From the data set of inmates, we can see African-American was the ethnicity with most inmates. Among these inmates, 3030 were considered with a high risk level, and this is 5 times of the numbers of white inmates who were considered with a high risk level. This wide gap between the statistics of two ethnic groups shows that black inmates might be wrongly considered as high risk because of social injustice. From the data set of juvenile arrests, we can see BLACK has the most juveniles arrested, and the main reason for that is just ISSUANCE OF WARRANT, which seems to be unreasonable. It shows the stereotype people have to African Americans. The data set of unemployment rate also shows that African American is the group with the highest unemployment rate. From all of these data sets, we can see the seriousness of racial justice in the US.
Here is a summary table of the total number or frequency of charges against each race and shows the percentage of charges that were treated as a felony for each year from 2013 - 2017
| Date | Race | Frequency | Convicts | Felony Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | BLACK | 16840 | 4069 | 24.16 |
| 2013 | WHITE HISPANIC | 3558 | 480 | 13.49 |
| 2013 | WHITE | 667 | 91 | 13.64 |
| 2013 | BLACK HISPANIC | 134 | 29 | 21.64 |
| 2013 | ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER | 52 | 7 | 13.46 |
| 2013 | UNKNOWN | 13 | 4 | 30.77 |
| 2013 | AMERICAN INDIAN / ALASKAN NATIVE | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 2014 | BLACK | 13932 | 3784 | 27.16 |
| 2014 | WHITE HISPANIC | 2937 | 508 | 17.30 |
| 2014 | WHITE | 525 | 101 | 19.24 |
| 2014 | BLACK HISPANIC | 117 | 25 | 21.37 |
| 2014 | ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER | 48 | 9 | 18.75 |
| 2014 | UNKNOWN | 6 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 2014 | AMERICAN INDIAN / ALASKAN NATIVE | 4 | 2 | 50.00 |
| 2015 | BLACK | 11143 | 3231 | 29.00 |
| 2015 | WHITE HISPANIC | 2699 | 576 | 21.34 |
| 2015 | WHITE | 495 | 105 | 21.21 |
| 2015 | BLACK HISPANIC | 107 | 29 | 27.10 |
| 2015 | ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER | 56 | 9 | 16.07 |
| 2015 | UNKNOWN | 12 | 2 | 16.67 |
| 2015 | AMERICAN INDIAN / ALASKAN NATIVE | 4 | 1 | 25.00 |
| 2016 | BLACK | 8514 | 2813 | 33.04 |
| 2016 | WHITE HISPANIC | 1795 | 482 | 26.85 |
| 2016 | WHITE | 349 | 68 | 19.48 |
| 2016 | BLACK HISPANIC | 78 | 25 | 32.05 |
| 2016 | ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER | 59 | 19 | 32.20 |
| 2016 | UNKNOWN | 11 | 1 | 9.09 |
| 2016 | AMERICAN INDIAN / ALASKAN NATIVE | 3 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 2017 | BLACK | 2096 | 649 | 30.96 |
| 2017 | WHITE HISPANIC | 439 | 147 | 33.49 |
| 2017 | WHITE | 87 | 21 | 24.14 |
| 2017 | ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER | 23 | 5 | 21.74 |
| 2017 | BLACK HISPANIC | 18 | 5 | 27.78 |
| 2017 | UNKNOWN | 4 | 0 | 0.00 |
Each year’s frequency was listed in a decreasing way. From this approach, we can see from 2013 to 2017, African American always had the most juveniles arrested. The number of arrested juveniles of black people was always at least 3 times of the number of the arrested juveniles of the race with the second highest frequency. African American was also the ethnic group with the highest felony percentage.
Chart 1 shows the number of individuals involved in police shootings from 2015-2020 based on their race. The chart also shows whether the individual was aggressive, other or undetermined.
Chart 2 is about compas dataset shows the decile scores by the number of people falls in that decile colored by different races. Decile score: 1-4 Low Recidivism Level, 5-10 Medium and High Level(or High supervision level)
Chart 3 is about the Compas dataset and shows if the race will be a factor that influences the COMPAS score. When the number on the y axis is higher than 0, it means being this particular race will have more chance of being categorized as high-supervision (scored as medium or high, or >= 5), and vice versa.